He speaks to me as no other philosopher does, direct and in his own human voice, a fellow spirit, a penetratingly perceptive friend, with a hand on my elbow and a twinkle in his eye. Although I frequently do not agree with what he says, I always listen to him (Arthur Schopenhauer). Bryan Magee, in Confessions of a Philosopher : A Personal Journey through Western Philosophy from Plato to Popper (1999), p. 373.